Car affordability in 2022 and beyond

IIRC Japan does not use road salt? And they’re a compact country, hence low-miles, and near rust- free.

I’m a regular South Main Auto viewer (upstate New York garage): seems like at least half of his patient’s issues are wiring-corrosion related, maddeningly complex systems.

 

I’ve been reading about car unaffordabilty since the 70’s.
We live in the burbs. Can’t get to the grocery store, library, hardware store, doctor, town hall, etc without a car.
To go into Boston, there’s the mta, but it’s dangerous and overcrowded

 

Japan would have to import road salt, so they don't use it. That's why early models by Japanese companies sold here had rust problems.

 

i think down here in south central Virginia they use a mix of sand & salt, much weaker than when i lived in Toronto Canada.